If you don’t believe in you, then why should your family??

Fitness is the first brick we are laying in the foundation from which you are building the new you. The reason for that is Fitness provides the most immediate effect on your psyche. Simply put - Iron doesn’t lie.

Either you can lift it or you can’t there is no place for your rationalization. Are you strong enough? Yes or No? Why?

The confidence that you will gain through your relationship with the iron will lead to a newly found believe in your sense of self. You will know your body more intimately than ever before. You will know what you are capable of and the strength you are developing will be noticed by those around you.

The commitment needed to enter the gym day in and day out is fitness for your mind. You develop more self-discipline and remove the instant gratification that plagues many ‘men’ out there. The simple act of going to the gym is, in itself, improving your ‘self’.

So let us be completely honest here. Are you working out as hard as you can? Are you lying in bed at night thinking Tomorrow I will take action and start working towards removing this flab - then waking up and not making any progress towards that goal?

You are a Man, act like it.

Embrace the pain of lifting. You cannot move forward until you complete step one and I will be honest, there have been more than a few times that guys on this sub have said I’m not building attraction / Dread isn’t working / We still aren’t having sex yet when the question of Do you lift is asked, the answer is almost always a solid NO.

You must lift weights and build that sense of self satisfaction. When you hit that PR you will think, I did that through hard work and then you’ll realize that just like you did the work by yourself for that PR you also walk this path on your own and will only reap the rewards of sex and a solid marriage through your daily efforts.

It isn’t motivation you need, it is self-discipline.

Motivation burns like a match. Hot and fast. You can get it from a speech or a YouTube video, but it doesn’t translate well to self-improvement. You will only make progress when you take that match of motivation and use it to light the ‘Log of Discipline*.

At that point you make progress and see those long term gains.

Stop living in denial and thinking being 30lbs overweight is normal. Or, that being a Dad means you can have a beer gut. You need to be strong and in shape, there’s no excuse for your lack of vascularity or any indication of having abdominal muscles, it’s just laziness.

My brother in law took This Photo of me yesterday. (he took it without my knowledge because he thought it would look cool which it does. I proceeded to call him a fag for taking pics while lifting) but regardless of how gay it is to take photos while hitting the iron, I sent it to my wife while she was at work.

Her reply was that it looked fucking hot and when she got home we role played Personal Trainer and Client with some awesome sex.

Your wife watches what you do. If you are repeatedly making excuses as to why you aren't in shape, she sees you as a weak bitch.

Stop being that weak bitch and take action.

If you want the MRP philosophy to work, then you need to stop rationalizing the Iron away like a woman, and get your ass in shape. Only then will the rest of the benefits of being a masculine Family Alpha fall into place.

Set the example for your wife, kids, and other men to follow. Be the standard from which excellence will be measured.

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